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                                                  Tom Wallace

                                                                          Gnosis

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Gnosis: Greek word meaning knowledge.

Murder, mystery and redemption are at the heart of “Gnosis.”

Detective Jack Dantzler has no clue why he has been summoned to the prison to meet with the Reverend Eli Whitehouse, a man convicted of committing a double murder twenty-nine years ago. He is stunned when Eli claims to be innocent and wants Dantzler to prove it. But Eli only gives Dantzler a single clue—look at the obituaries in the local paper for a specific two-week period.

Reluctantly, Dantzler agrees to look into the case. As he does, two more people are brutally murdered. And although Dantzler isn’t aware of it, he has become a target for the killer. Dantzler goes back to Eli and pleads for another clue. All Eli says is, “think of Jesus’s empty tomb.” It will be this whispered utterance that unlocks the mystery and reveals the killer’s identity. But this isn’t just any ordinary killer. This is a man with a dark and bloody past, a man with connections to the highest levels of organized crime. Dantzler is now on the trail of an ice-cold assassin, fully aware that one slip will mean instant death.

Sometimes having too much knowledge can lead to deadly consequences. 

Bio provided by the author.

Tom Wallace is the author of four novels, including his latest, Gnosis, which was released in November. It is his third mystery featuring Lexington detective Jack Dantzler. The first two were What Matters Blood and The Devil’s Racket. He also wrote the thriller Heirs of Cain, which came out in 2010.

Tom is the author of five sports-related books, including the highly successful Kentucky Basketball Encyclopedia. He earned his B.A. in journalism in 1982, then became sports editor for the Henderson Gleaner, where he was twice honored by The Kentucky Press Association for writing the best sports story in the state. After leaving the Gleaner, he became editor for Cawood Ledford Productions in Lexington. He is an active member of Mystery Writers of America and The Author’s Guild. Tom, a Vietnam veteran, currently lives in Lexington, Kentucky

                                             

      

                                     J. Naomi Ay

                                                  The Boy Who Lit Up The Sky

                                             

 

                                                                    

                                                                                                                   

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After a thousand years of war, the Mishnese and Karupta have made peace by wedding the Mishnese Princess Royal to the Karupta Crown Prince. Their son whose birth was foretold ten centuries ago is destined to rule the entire planet and end the wars forever. But the Princess and the baby have died during childbirth or so it was said. In the meantime, a strange half-breed infant boy is left at an orphanage with a purse full of gold coins. The Boy who Lit up the Sky follows the early years of Senya from the streets of Old Mishnah, to the Palace of Mishnah and from there to Karuptani where he is taught to live off the land and fight for that which is his. Along the way, he finds the human girl who unbeknownst to her, shares his important destiny. 

Bio provided by the author.

I’m from the Seattle area and live in the north Olympic Peninsula. I have a wonderful husband, 3 kids and a Pomeranian. For a day job, I work in the Renewable Energy/Recycling sector, bringing new technology for waste remediation to the US and North America. For a night job, I bond with my laptop and write stories. The Two Moons of Rehnor series is a 5 part fantasy series that has elements of light science fiction, lots of fantasy, a healthy dose of romance and a fair amount of paranormal as the main character is, shall we say, weird? It’s follows the life of Senya, a man who was created to be king of the planet Rehnor and the human girl who is the love of his life as well as being a captain in the Allied Spaceforce. Senya is no Prince Charming and it’s definitely not happily ever after. It takes 5 volumes, each around 250 pages to go from here to there. I wrote it originally as one giant novel over the course of the last twenty years and then when I realized it could actually be published, I broke it up into 5 pieces for the kindle market. The entire thing is written in first person narratives by the people around Senya. It’s relatively fast paced because if I started getting bored, I would just switch characters. It also weaves in the lives of the other characters so the reader will really get to know all about them, their different perspectives and their own personal stories. I hope you enjoy!